Girls' name · since 1910
Almetta
372 babies named Almetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 372
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Almetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 372 have been recorded since 1910.
Almetta has 372 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1955.
- #14,123 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 372 born since 1910
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Almetta ranks #14,123 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 372 born since 1910, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 372
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Almetta's 372 recorded births place it above 80.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Almetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Almetta's full recorded timeline at 1933, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1936, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Almetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1955
- Peak year (1921)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Almetta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (103 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Almetta's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Almetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
75 births
- 1920s
1920s
103 births
- 1930s
1930s
81 births
- 1940s
1940s
64 births
- 1950s
1950s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 103 births (28% of all-time use).
Almetta by state
Where Almetta concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 28 | 7.5% |
28 of 372 births nationwide.
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What to do with Almetta's data
- Almetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 1950s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- South Carolina records the most Almettas (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Almetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Almetta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.